CH 2

t/n: there’s a promo manhwa for this and you can read it here! also there are a few fanarts on twitter so you can find them by searching the korean title~ I’ve also put some of them in the ‘fan stuffs’ channel on discord 

[A world full of adventure,

Welcome to Arcadia.]

When I saw the characters in the starting village wearing only white undergarments and holding wooden swords, I felt a strange feeling. Maybe I had grown used to it, or maybe I missed it.

And when I put my hand on the keyboard, my character moved very naturally, as though I had just played the game yesterday. I lightly killed 4 slimes and reached level 10. 

“Because it’s the burning period, it’s definitely faster to level up.”

As Hyejin said, it was the burning period, so the experience points earned increased and I was able to quickly break through the rather boring low-level section.

Thanks to the drop of spirit stones and guardian gear in units of 20 levels, I got to level 60 in 3 hours and was able to join the party hunt in the dungeon called [Swamp of Deception].

[Lemonjuice]

[Huwoo]

[Sesam]

[One who greets well]

There were a total of 4 party members like this, and it was a full party.

I received a buff called ‘Blessing of Experience’ for an hour and kept running around in the dungeon to hunt infinitely, and I had to go around and heal and such for a while if there were too many monsters.

During the time I played a battle mage, my fingers moved brilliantly across the keyboard while beating others up, so it was relatively boring to press 2 or 3 keys to match the skill cooldown.

[Huwoo: sesam-nim’ s good at buffing]

[Lemonjuice: that’s right]

[One who greets well: good] 

However, the lip service of the party members did not stop. I didn’t do much, but whenever I gave a heal or a buff, I had some suspicions.

[Sesam: ㅎㅎ thank you]

Well, there was no sign of ridicule, so I responded appropriately.

And to be honest, I didn’t hate compliments, so from then on, I moved a little faster. I also took on the role of throwing traps on approaching monsters, managing the party members’ health so that they did not drop below half, and even driving the monsters away appropriately. 

It wasn’t a particularly difficult operation for me, who once raised a character as a ranker, but it seemed quite impressive to the party members.

[Huwoo: really amazing;;]

[Huwoo: up to 20 in an hour;;]

[Lemonjuice: really the first time i’ve seen]

[One who greets well: I respect you]

[Sesam: lololol]

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[Sesam: nope lolol I don’t]

[Huwoo: you’re trying for the first time? ㄷㄷ…? a genius?]

[Sesam: lololololol]

[Sesam: no, it’s just lol i’ve tried a lot of other games, so…]

[Lemonjuice: but this is really your first account… when i searched the inventory, only one character came up…]

In the meantime, it seems that Lemonjuice had a very thorough personality, he even searched for an account with my character right away. It was a little creepy, but I thought it was a good idea to create a new account.

[One who greets well: we actually have main accounts, but it’s the burning period now]

[One who greets well: to raise the secondary character]

[One who greets well: we’re from the same clan]

[Sesam: oh i see] 

It felt so natural for the three of us to have a conversation, so I answered without much of an impression.

But suddenly, Huwoo made a sudden offer to me.

[Huwoo: if you don’t have a clan, would you like to join ours?]

I was a little startled by the unexpected suggestion. 

“…Clan, huh.”

My bad trauma from clans was actually not that important. As long as I restart the game anyway, whether I like it or not, I would get involved with clans.

However, the reason why the proposal was burdensome was…

“I just started, this time I want to join a large clan…” 

As much as I decided to raise it without spending money, I wanted to choose the clan carefully.

Considering that character development and leveling up is difficult towards the second half, that consideration was even more important. Especially when it comes to territory. In particular, there was a big difference between belonging to a clan with a castle and not.

[Sesam: ah, i… heard that a clan with a territory is good…]

[Sesam: i was looking into it]

So I tried to refuse their offer, but suddenly Huwoo used the motion of jumping and clapping on the spot. 

[Huwoo: our clan has 3 territories!!!]

“What? Three?”

I replied in amazement.

[Sesam: wow, then, you do siege battles three times a month…?]

[Huwoo: yes!!!! so…]

[Huwoo: ㅠㅠ It’s a little hard]

[Huwoo: other than that, the atmosphere is good and everything is good]

[Lemonjuice: that’s right]

[Lemonjuice: And we will provide the appropriate equipment!]

[One who greets well: just have to bring your body] 

I was speechless for a moment, startled by the unexpected luck.

I knew because I had tried it, but it was hard to manage just one territory. But a clan with three territories… I couldn’t even imagine how powerful it would be.

[Sesam: um… the clan name…?]

[Huwoo: it’s Rolling!

As soon as I saw the name of the clan, I did a quick search, and was surprised to see that it was proudly listed in the top of the clan rankings. 

[Sesam: is it okay for a low-level person like me to enter?]

It was hard to believe that I was scouted by such a great clan within a day of starting the game. However, the party members seemed not to care and spoke favorably.

[Huwoo: we really are ㅠㅠ]

[Huwoo: we need a fresh newbie ㅠㅠ]

[Lemonjuice: you have a very good sense…]

[One who greets well: then I will invite you]

‘One who greets well’ immediately logged out without even responding to me, and soon a clan invitation message appeared on my screen. 

[‘Yewoo’ has invited you to the ‘Rolling’ clan.]

I was wondering if it was okay for things to be solved so smoothly like this, but thinking that good things were indeed good, I got a little excited and clicked [Accept].

And as soon as I clicked [Accept], the [Clan] window was activated, and the current status window of the clan and the clan-only chat window appeared on my screen at the same time.

Current number of users: 388 

“Wah.. It’s amazing…”

When I was growing a clan for a long while, the maximum number of joined players was around 70 at most.

When I saw a clan with more than 4 times the number of concurrent users, I couldn’t close my mouth. Of course, three siege battles would require this number of people.

[Clan Master: Heenyang-ie] 

“It’s a nickname I’ve never heard of.”

The clan master’s nickname was Heenyang-ie, and Heenyang-ie was connected to the clan. Perhaps because of the notification that went off when I joined the clan, he was the first to talk to me.

[Heenyang-ie: hi]

[Sesam: hello!]

[Heenyang-ie: who invited you?]

I thought his words were a little short, but before I could even feel offended, Yewoo, who had invited me, answered instead. 

[Yewoo: it’s me]

[Heenyang-ie: OK]

That was the end of the conversation. I wonder if Heenyang-ie was a chill person, so he only asked who invited me, and didn’t ask me anything else.

When the conversation was over, the clan members who had been silent as if no one was online started to greet me.

[Flower Tale: hello ㅎㅎ]

[Gummyjelly: hihi~]

There were so many people that I had to scroll all the way down just with simple greetings from those who logged in. I didn’t even dare to answer them one by one, so I answered from time to time and made nicknames with the clan members.

If you click on a nickname in the clan window, you can see the level of the user and the weapon they are wearing, most of them are at max level, and there were already people with weapons of the highest level.

And when I saw those items, I suddenly remembered the battle mage I had raised.

“Ha… I’ve had all of this equipment…” 

While smacking my lips, my desire to spend money suddenly rose. I think I’ll be able to get the items right away if I spend about 5 mil to 6 mil…

“No, what was I just thinking…”

Recalling my bank account balance, I slapped my cheeks and tried to drive out crazy thoughts.

In the meantime, the people whom I had done a party hunt with before connected with their main accounts. It was easy to recognize because the nicknames were made in a similar series. 

However, as soon as they logged in, they tried to take care of me embarrassingly.

[Huha: everyone!! a complete newbie has come!!! I picked them up!!!!]

[Lemonade: everyone take care of them]

[Yewoo: take care of them]

Most of the clan members were kind, and in my mailbox, the advanced weapons and materials sent by the clan members quickly piled up.

[Flower Tale: ㅎㅎㅎ I’ll go with you later when the master skill quest comes out ^^]

[Kona: Are you a healer type? I’ve sent you a spirit stone] 

I wrote a reply thanking all of them. The clan members were elated to see the letter I wrote, saying I really looked like a newbie.

In fact, I intentionally sent a rather naive reply. Apparently, in old games like [Arcadia], newbies were bound to be loved, and I had to survive without spending money.

I was making a foundation to pave the way by using such appropriate tactics like haha, hoho…

[‘Heenyang-ie’ has logged out.]

[‘Heejae’ has logged in.] 

Then, an unforgettable nickname appeared in the clan notification window.